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Breaking Bad - Season 4 - Sundays on AMC

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cacophony said:
I don't know about weird, I think it was just a natural reaction
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Agreed. It's not like Mike expected his employer to open up his coworker's throat.
 
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Kwixotik said:
I've never seen this show, but my little brother watched it and then started asking shady people for crystal meth. Goddamn it.
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Has BB had any effect on the real life market for crystal meth? Is anyone actually making blue meth now, to capitalize on the popularity of the show?
 
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Kwixotik said:
I've never seen this show, but my little brother watched it and then started asking shady people for crystal meth. Goddamn it.
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Are you sure it was this show?

Because it doesn't glamorize drugs at all.
 
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_dementia said:
Are you sure it was this show?

Because it doesn't glamorize drugs at all.
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I don't know. He had said a couple times he'd try it once if the chance presented itself. After watching season one he started actively asking people for it. One of those people happened to be a childhood friend of mine who ended up being a drug dealer and he gave me the heads up and told me to fix whatever the hell is wrong with my brother. Asked my brother about it and he said that was a couple weeks ago, someone has already talked him out of it, and he's 100% not going to try it.

Dunno if I believe him though. I'm not blaming the show like a 90s housewife, but it probably did factor into it.

Edit: I may have misread your post. Yes, I'm sure the show he watches is Breaking Bad. I don't think it's completely responsible for his behavior, but it's a factor in bringing the drug to the front of his mind.
 
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Kwixotik said:
I don't know. He had said a couple times he'd try it once if the chance presented itself. After watching season one he started actively asking people for it. One of those people happened to be a childhood friend of mine who ended up being a drug dealer and he gave me the heads up and told me to fix whatever the hell is wrong with my brother. Asked my brother about it and he said that was a couple weeks ago, someone has already talked him out of it, and he's 100% not going to try it.

Dunno if I believe him though. I'm not blaming the show like a 90s housewife, but it probably did factor into it.
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You should probably track down some real meth head videos to show him.
 
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FantasticMrFoxdie

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You better set your brother straight, I've had a few friends that became meth heads and it wasn't a pretty sight. It turned into a love triangle where one of them ended up pregnant. Long story short, After the baby was born they ended up cleaning up their act and all of them seem to be alright.

But yeah, I don't know think this show glamorizes it in any way. If anything its a warning for people who want to Break Bad. Make sure you brother watches the whole series. Lol
 
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This show actually influenced me to break bad in more minor ways. Today I didn't flush the toilet in a school bathroom and thought of Walter White when I departed.
 
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maharg

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I don't think BB glamorizes meth, but it doesn't really do much to show the effects of meth at all. For the most part, people who actually *use* meth in the show are quite rare, and often very functional (Jesse and his friends/cohorts for example). I think there's a deliberate attempt to dissociate Walt's involvement from the consequences. That barrier has broken down slower than other aspects of Walt's moral disintegration, though.
 
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maharg said:
I don't think BB glamorizes meth, but it doesn't really do much to show the effects of meth at all. For the most part, people who actually *use* meth in the show are quite rare, and often very functional (Jesse and his friends/cohorts for example). I think there's a deliberate attempt to dissociate Walt's involvement from the consequences. That barrier has broken down slower than other aspects of Walt's moral disintegration, though.
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I dunno, Walt having to descend into the meth den to get Jesse was pretty bad.
 
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maharg

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What season was that? I really need to do a watch through of the whole series again.

I did say rare, not non-existent, though. It's occasionally punctuated by extreme examples. Off the top of my head, the ATM couple and the hole digger and his pa'.
 
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Dr Eggman said:
I found Wendy to be pretty disgusting too.
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SpeedingUptoStop said:
I dunno, Walt having to descend into the meth den to get Jesse was pretty bad.
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Or Jesse being trapped in the house with that "family" and an ATM machine.
 
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Game-Biz said:
I just realized that I'm gonna miss Gus:(. Maybe they'll be flashbacks with him next season.


Karaoke Gus must happen.
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Yeah, Gus was a really fascinating character.


Who would you guys pick for the Supporting Actor Emmy for this season Gus or Jesse?
 
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C.Dark.DN

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Did they ever explain what Don Eladio knew about Gus?

He let him live because he knew "who he was" and they make a point that little is known about his past in Chile.

His story seems unfinished.
 
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DeathNote said:
Did they ever explain what Don Eladio knew about Gus?

He let him live because he knew "who he was" and they make a point that little is known about his past in Chile.

His story seems unfinished.
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Hank will dig deeper.
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Just realized that Gus was the FBI agent in Usual Suspects...
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Copernicus said:
Maybe they'll hire someone from dexter... We could see Hank become head of the DEA by season's end.
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Matsuka please
 
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Bad_Boy

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Amir0x said:
well i've been right about everything so far
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uh, no you havent.

Amir0x said:
anyone else think Mike is totally going to eventually help Walt/Jesse take down Gus? His reaction of genuine shock on his face to the way Gus handled Victor was almost one of self-reflection. "Is this how I will end up?"
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edit: damn double
 
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C.Dark.DN

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Bad_Boy said:
uh, no you havent.



edit: damn double
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heh. which is why i kind of blew up a page or so back.

dude always thinks he's right and superior. it lead to de-modding.

and this is a redux, getting caught red handed again.

stop man, just stop.
 
Blackace

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DeathNote said:
heh. which is why i kind of blew up a page or so back.

dude always thinks he's right and superior. it lead to de-modding.

and this is a redux, getting caught red handed again.

stop man, just stop.
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Uh.. You are being an extra douche for no reason really..
 
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C.Dark.DN

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Blackace said:
Uh.. You are being an extra douche for no reason really..
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I do wish I was less of a douche in hind sight, but I do see a correlation.

Breaking Bad is at a Garden of forking paths really. There shouldn't be superiority complexes over viable theories.

And if the final BB season is so easy to predict, then that's a bit of lame storytelling.
 
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maharg said:
I don't think BB glamorizes meth, but it doesn't really do much to show the effects of meth at all. For the most part, people who actually *use* meth in the show are quite rare, and often very functional (Jesse and his friends/cohorts for example). I think there's a deliberate attempt to dissociate Walt's involvement from the consequences. That barrier has broken down slower than other aspects of Walt's moral disintegration, though.
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TUCKER!

TUCKER!


TUCKER!



TUCKER!

TUCKER!



TUCKER!
 
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In final season of Breaking Bad, Walter does bad stuff and something with meth.
 
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C.Dark.DN

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What's the purity of southern trailer park meth? There's a lot of meth labs that get busted in the south.

They quarantined a road near me last year because of a "shake and baker" (as Jesse calls it).
 
Blackace

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FantasticMrFoxdie said:
Matsuka VS Heisenberg season finale.

Skyler fucks Matsuka.
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Matsuka explaining
the sex fetishes
at a crime scene with no sound was like one of the greatest things ever...
 
Blackace

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DeathNote said:
What's the purity of southern trailer park meth? There's a lot of meth labs that get busted in the south.

They quarantined a road near me last year because of a "shake and baker" (as Jesse calls it).
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At leat once a year a mobile lab blows on I5 in Washington state..
 
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Blackace said:
At leat once a year a mobile lab blows on I5 in Washington state..
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Pretty sure we haven't had any mobile ones blown, most of the labs are in homes.

But, yeah, they drove down my street doing their shit. They quarantined around a tossed container.
 
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Loved how this season ended. The first half of it (aside from premiere) was so slow and that for a while I thought the show was going nowhere, but once the pace started to pick up..wow.
 
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Blackace said:
Matsuka explaining
the sex fetishes
at a crime scene with no sound was like one of the greatest things ever...
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that really was one of the funniest scenes

AdrianWerner said:
Loved how this season ended. The first half of it (aside from premiere) was so slow and that for a while I thought the show was going nowhere, but once the pace started to pick up..wow.
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the last half wouldn't have been good if it didn't get the slow build up from the first half.
 
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